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==1914==
*Command of the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction|Lonsdale Battalion]] is given to [[Percy Wilfred Machell|P. W. Machell, C.M.G.]], of Crackenthorpe, with the temporary rank of [[Lieutenant-Colonel]].<ref>[[The Lonsdale Battalion Border Regiment, September 1914 to June 1915]].</ref> His commission and rank is gazetted on [[15 October]], 1914.<ref name="lons15">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
===Western Front===
*Action at [[Villers-Cotterets]]: British 4th (Guards) Brigade checks German advance.
*[[Soissons]] bombarded and occupied by Germans.
===Eastern Front===
*[[East Prussia]]: General Russian withdrawal towards the Bug.
*[[Galicia]]: Battle of [[Lemberg]] goes against the Austrians.
===Political===
*[[Russia]]: [[St. Petersburg]] renamed "Petrograd"
 
==1916==
==References/notes==
*[[Battalion]] is absorbed into the 75th Training Reserve Battalion of 17th Reserve Brigade.<ref name="ofb12">''[http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitData?UniX=10978 12 The Border Regiment]'' Orders of Battle. Accessed 7 August 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/border.htm The Border Regiment] Chris Barker. The Long, Long Trail. Accessed 7 August 2016.</ref>
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*Deaths: [[Thomas William Hogg (17463 Pte.)]].<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
 
==1917==
*Battalion situated at Ooste-Dunkerque. The Village is shelled considerably with long distance high velocity guns during the night [[31 August]]. Transport Lines are hit and 4 Officers' Chargers are killed.
 
==References / notes==
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